Slice of life served up sweet and tuneful in Waitress
Waitress is very much like one of the wacky pies its title character concocts " an odd combination of ingredients that come together in a surprisingly delightful way. As a musical, it's about ordinary life " low-paying jobs, abusive relationships, childhood trauma, the families we make as opposed to the ones we're born into " but it sings, often beautifully, about the deep pain and the little joys of everyday living,…